Complete Clue List
Across
1. Strip for laughs?
4. Scum eczema bridges flow rate unit
7. Confused response is, "Come again?"
8. Brief and to the point, loses northern Connecticut for plant juices used medicinally
9. Go down or come up
10. Carrot chomper's favourite Disney dwarf?
11. Initially charge hard after common enemy; quite a chase we hear (obsol.)
14. "Just a sec! Consider embracing a dry Italian wine"
17. A short look?
20. Relating to a blind anatomical pouch, in a nice calico (US spelling)
23. Long time follower
24. Baby bear in charge and given the third-degree
25. "A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin" --H. L. Mencken
26. Cote call for company leader
27. New Mexico's state flower reportedly awful
28. Account care of youth leader, will pacify (obsol.)
Down
1. Function of sin reciprocal (abbr.)
2. Endpoint of pilgrims' progress?
3. 100 conceal to castigate
4. Small sweet treats sounding like wheel wedges
5. Greek character on Channel Islands could start finding a crystalline carboxylic acid in milk sugar
6. Vehicle told to leave for consignment
12. Colourist's concern is cry's companion
13. Could start with fluorine about initial ozone depleter
15. Celebration before the celebration?
16. Half a dance
17. Sly pugilist strikes craggy ground
18. Taxi commander enjoys Scottish cream cheese rolled in toasted oatmeal
19. Australian grass tree sounds like real hard work (var.)
20. Chocolaty concoction great with marshmallows
21. Tapering trick with integrated circuit
22. The French two hundred on the fourth of July had electricity (Brit., inf.)